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Home c ooking is more important than ever right now. We feel incredibly lucky that as a recipe website, we are uniquely positioned to help you. We here at Simply Recipes consider it a privilege to stand alongside you in the kitchen as you figure out how to make do with what’s available in your pantry and your freezer, and to help you stretch your grocery dollars. The Simply Recipes Team is learning to adjust, just as you are, to the spread and impact of COVID-19....

Instead, we’ll make apricot jam, apricot cobbler, apricot tart, or just eat them straight. Finally, this year, we experimented with apricot chicken, and I love the result! How to Make This Easy Apricot Chicken Recipe This recipe is ready in under an hour and is made with just a few easy steps: The additions of rosemary, Tabasco, and cinnamon especially really brighten up the flavors and make the dish more interesting than you would expect....

“It’s sort of like a thin mint, reincarnated as a cupcake,” I declared to Garrett, about the peppermint extract version, frustrated that my spearmint experiments weren’t working as well. “A thin mint cupcake? I would SO eat that!” countered Garrett. We grow a lot of spearmint, so if I could come up with a recipe for a mint chocolate cupcake that would put a lot of this mint to good use, that would be great....

This cream cheese shrimp dip is literally the easiest dip you will ever make! Even though there is not a whole lot to it, it is delicious and SO addicting. I usually like to get the shrimp the day of serving just so it is extra fresh. It is a simple appetizer that always seems to disappear the quickest! It is a simple but elegant appetizer to serve for your holiday get-togethers!...

Healthier Creamy Chicken Soup In most cases, the base is heavy cream, a roux made of fat and flour, or both. I love a good stick-to-your ribs soup as much as the next person, but for this Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup, I wanted to lighten it up a bit and increase the protein, without adding loads of heavy cream or making a roux. To do that, I pureed a couple cans of cannellini beans....

The lamb roast was succulent—crusty, flavorful char on the outside, pink and tender on the inside. Note that the more fat on the lamb roast, the more likely you’ll have flare-ups when you grill. Flare-ups are okay as long as they are controlled and don’t get out of hand. What Is a Butterfield Leg of Lamb? To make it easier to turn on the grill, I recommend inserting a few metal skewers through the lamb, crosswise and parallel to the surface of the lamb....

My mother raised 6 kids (all born within 8 years) on my dad’s teacher’s salary. Which means she is the master of efficiency in the kitchen. The Key To Making Juicy, Tender Flank Steak This is her favorite method of preparing flank steak! The trick is to put little knife pokes in the meat, breaking up some of the long muscle fibers. When I asked about the juices running out of the meat, it’s not really an issue as the meat is cooked rare, and whatever juices do come out get reduced in the pan and served over the meat....

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Roasted Butternut Squash Pizza This Roasted Butternut Squash Pizza is the pizza of the Fall season in our house. Buttery garlic flatbread is topped with melted mozzarella cheese, crispy bacon, little bits of cooked kale, roasted butternut squash, and a sprinkling of Parmesan. Is your mouth watering yet? This flatbread pizza may look super fancy but it’s completely simple to make! Serve with a simple side salad or some homemade bread sticks and you have a warm, nourishing, flavorful meal that is best served in front of a roaring fire on a chilly Fall evening....

Don’t you just love the combination of a Turkey Bacon Avocado Panini Sandwich? Those flavors are fabulous! We got the idea from the “Gobbler” sandwiches at Pizza Factory. The traditional restaurant Gobblers at Pizza Factory use a hoagie-type bread. For this, we decided to try a panini style sandwich and we love it even more. The grilled taste makes it that much better. Ingredients in this Panini Sandwich For the Sandwich Fresh french breadCream cheeseDeli sliced turkeyBacon, cookedProvolone cheeseButterAvocadoLettuceTomatoHomemade ranch dressing (recipe below)MustardMayo...

Here are the tips you need to know to make perfect cookies every time. 1. All Ingredients Should Be at the Right Temperature (Usually Room) A mindset that completely changed my baking is when I started to think of temperature as another ingredient. Temperature is crucial in any baking recipe, and it certainly holds for cookies as well. Good cookie recipes not only specify oven temperature but also what temperature the ingredients should be before mixing....

Achieving that crisp exterior and fluffy interior takes less time in the air fryer, meaning dinner comes together quicker. It also clears up space in the oven for other dishes and is a fantastic option for warmer days when turning on the oven is less than ideal. Oven Or Air Fryer: Which Makes The Best Baked Potato? To really examine the differences, I made one baked potato in the air fryer and one in the oven and noticed several advantages with the air fryer....

My father grafts several varieties of apples on to his trees, but the Granny Smiths are the ones that are the most prolific, and they’re also great for pies, applesauce, apple butter, and apple cobbler. One of our favorite things to make with our apples is this apple cobbler. The filling is seasoned with cinnamon, lemon, and vanilla and isn’t overly sweet. The buttermilk biscuit cobbler crust is speckled with bits of candied ginger....

It’s light and easy, with strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, chopped apple, and bananas, tossed together with honey and lemon juice. So, what are you making for Fourth of July? Grilling? Barbecuing? Please let us know in the comments, I’m always looking for ideas. Have a safe and festive 4th! Serve immediately. Or cover and chill for up to 2 hours before serving. Related Video

Broccoli Salad This chopped broccoli salad will make a believer out of even the pickiest of eaters! Sweet craisins, savory bacon, salty sunflower seeds and vibrant broccoli florets are tossed with the yummiest dressing ever! You’ll love the crunchy texture and bursts of flavors in every single bite. This salad is a staple at many of our family summertime suppers. We love making a big batch for a barbecue, potluck or quick evening dinner, then eat on it all week....

Caribbean Passion Popsicles Caribbean Passion Popsicles are a perfect way to cool down on a hot summer day, and a way to enjoy your favorite Jamba Juice smoothie in popsicle form. What I love most about these pops is that they aren’t watered down by ice. You know how many times with homemade popsicles after a lick or two it seems like all the juice is gone and all that is left is ice?...

One of the most famous icebox cakes is written on the back of Nabisco’s Famous Chocolate Wafers box. The recipe is dead simple: whip cream to stiff peaks, then sandwich it between the wafers cookies in a loaf pan. Inspired by the original, I’ve developed a peanut butter version. Here, I layer peanut butter whipped cream, chocolate wafer cookies, and chocolate syrup. A topping of peanut butter cups adds a little texture to the cake....

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Make jalapeños escabeche, or pickled jalapeños! What Is Escabeche? Pickled jalapeños, or escabeche, are served as a condiment with many meals in Mexico. Chilies, onions, carrots, cauliflower are pickled with the jalapeños. My mother used to buy jars of escabeche when I was a child. The chilies can be cut up and used for many dishes. Process the jars following the hot water bath canning method. You can skip this if you like, but you’ll need to refrigerate the unsealed jars and use them within a few months....

Once you’ve got your clams in the kitchen, the options for how to cook them are endless. Simple spaghetti and clams is perfect for beginners (and don’t be surprised if the kids like it, too). There are East Coast classics, such as clam chowder, clams casino, grilled clams, and steamers with drawn butter. And plenty of dishes from far away places are worth exploring, too, such as paella and ceviche....